Release Notes: October 2018

We are improving InVision by squashing bugs and releasing new features every day. Here's an account of what we've accomplished this month.

Studio

What's New as of Studio version 0.98.1

Frictionless sign in: Recent Studio releases focused on making it as painless as possible to get started with Studio. You may notice improvements when creating accounts, making advanced network configurations, and signing in to both personal and Enterprise accounts.

Mirroring to Android devices: You can now mirror Studio prototypes to Android devices.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

Issue with large files: This release addresses the issue that prevented certain layers from rendering after you clicked the Return to Start icon in the motion editor.

Streamlined account creation process: Studio no longer includes repetitive and unused form elements in the account creation flow.

Issue creating new accounts: Now users who create a new account from the Studio Launcher won't run into the white screen that previously said only "Login Successful."

Issue with new account form: Users will now see any necessary error messages as expected should an error occur when completing the new account form. Previously, these error messages were not displaying for some users.

Issue signing in to Enterprise accounts: Enterprise customers will no longer encounter the issue that caused the Projects webpage to load in the sign-in view after an unsuccessful attempt to sign in.

Improved performance for VPN clients: If using a VPN when signing in or publishing Studio prototypes, you may notice the improved performance and reliability built in to Studio 0.98.0 and later.

Re-authenticate less often:

When connecting through certain proxies, Studio now uses the system proxy and no longer requires you to re-authenticate after restarting Studio.

Private Cloud users no longer have to re-authenticate every time they restart the app.

Issue returning to personal sign-in form: Users will now be returned to the personal sign-in form as expected when they click Personal sign in at the bottom of the sign-in dialog.

Issue saving changes when signing out: When attempting to sign out before saving changes, users will now be prompted to save the file as expected (rather than seeing the sign-in dialog, as this issue was causing previously).

Issue with broken links: The links for Terms of Service and Privacy Policy now work as expected in the Studio Early Access sign-up form.

Collaboration

What's New

New onboarding process: If creating a new personal account, you will see the new onboarding flow, which helps people get up to speed with the InVision product suite more quickly.

Upgrade Now call to action: If you qualify for a new plan, you will see an “Upgrade Now” call to action message (on all pages that include the global navigation).

Upgrades to Inspect for Studio: You may notice that Inspect for Studio has been upgraded with the latest Studio renderer and engine versions to improve animation performance.

New icons in InVision: When viewing a Studio prototype in InVision, you'll see that the icons for Play mode, Comment mode, and Inspect mode have been updated.

Screens Overview page in InVision: The responsiveness of the Screens Overview page has been improved, making the page easier to use (not to mention easier on the eyes) on smaller devices and resolutions.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

Onboarding fixes: You may notice minor functionality tweaks and fixes that were necessary to ensure the new onboarding flow performs as expected.

Security: InVision Cloud benefitted from general security updates in October.

Two factor authentication: If using InVision on Safari, you will see a new page design for two-factor authentication.

Emoji support for Craft Sync: When viewing prototypes in InVision that were uploaded via Craft Sync, you will now see emojis as expected.

Craft hotspots: There is now complete support for Craft prototype hotspots that don’t have any width or height properties set.

CUBOT phones: You can now use CUBOT phones to access InVision.

Issue with 'Remove from Team' text: The text is no longer cut off in the “Remove from team” dropdown menu in Team settings.

Main projects page: Enterprise users will now see all their prototypes in the main projects page as expected.

Sign up form issue: If an account owner tries to create a new account, they will see a notification that an account already exists.

Issue with invited users: After inviting a new user, the invitee's avatar will now appear in the invited state (with a clock visible in the avatar) when you open the People page and click the Members tab.

Issues scrolling on mobile devices:

You will no longer encounter the bug that prevented artboard scrolling when viewing document links on mobile devices.

Elastic scroll support on tablet devices has been removed to correct the issue that was allowing over-scroll behavior.

Issue with transparent backgrounds: Now you won't run into the bug that had caused transparent backgrounds to render as black backgrounds when viewing prototypes in Safari and Firefox.

Issue with tooltips in Inspect: When using Inspect in InVision, you should no longer see tooltips displayed incorrectly.

Issue with asset placement: The bug that was causing assets to display in the incorrect location on some prototypes has been corrected.

Craft + Sync

What's New

MacOS Mojave Support: You can now use Craft tools as expected with macOS 10.14 Mojave Dark Mode.

Photoshop CC 2019 support: You can now use Craft tools as expected with Photoshop CC 2019.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

Issue with external links: External URL links that are not formatted correctly no longer break.

Issue embedding Getty images: Now you shouldn't have any trouble embedding images from Getty when using Sketch version 52.

Issue with Duplicate button: You can now use the Duplicate button as expected.

Issue saving file with Craft Sync: When using the Craft Sync shortcut (Shift + Control + A), the Save File modal now opens as expected.

Design System Manager (DSM)

What's New

Drag & Drop components: Designers can now drag & drop components from the DSM Sketch tool (the tree view) to the artboard. This functionality is also available for DSM items in your search results.

New UI for Fonts section on the web: When using DSM on the web, you'll notice a new look for the Fonts section. The updated design is now aligned with the information hierarchy of other data types in the DSM web view.

Library Version:

When viewing a DSM library on the web, you can check the version history by clicking the new icon (a clock) in the top-right corner.

The library version number is also now displayed next to the library name in top-left corner of the web view.

Mobile: iOS version 2.6.7

Bug Fixes & Improvements

Performance upgrade: You'll notice improved performance in version 2.6.7, which also includes a number of bug fixes.

Mobile: Android version 1.10.8

Bug Fixes & Improvements

Security

Bug Fixes & Improvements

Platform stability & security improvements: The platform benefitted from a number of general security fixes during October.

InVision Cloud V7

The following release notes apply to InVision Cloud V7 only; these do not apply to InVision V6.

What's New in Cloud V7

Upgrades to Inspect for Studio: You may notice that Inspect for Studio has been upgraded with the latest Studio renderer and engine versions to improve animation performance.

New icons in InVision: When viewing a Studio prototype in InVision, you'll see that the icons for Play mode, Comment mode, and Inspect mode have been updated.

Screens Overview page in InVision: The responsiveness of the Screens Overview page has been improved, making the page easier to use (and easier on the eyes) on smaller devices and resolutions.

Better screen management:

You can now drag & drop new screens between existing screens within a prototype.

You can also add a screen section below the last screen in your prototype.

New color menu in Freehand: It's now quicker to change your default color with the new, more easily discoverable color menu.

Shortcut for italic text in Freehand: Now you can use the keyboard shortcut Command + I to italicize text.

New look for Freehand: You will notice a familiar look and feel in Freehand, as the UI has been updated for consistency with other InVision products.

Comment thread experience: When replying to a thread, the thread now scrolls to the position of the reply and fades out the rest of the thread.

Sharing with request access: You can now request access from the owner of any document. We’ll send the owner an email letting them know you’d like access. Once access is granted, you’ll get an email letting you know you can now open the document.

Introducing recently viewed: When you open InVision Cloud V7 (or open the Documents page or All Documents tab), you will now see your documents sorted by Recently Viewed, making it easier to find the documents relevant to you currently.

Slack notification bundling: If your Cloud V7 space or team has implemented Slack integration, updates to prototype screens trigger notifications in Slack. Those notifications are now bundled together and sent out every three minutes. This improvement will help prevent notification overload when you’re making numerous changes at a time.

Enterprise Private Cloud Installations: An update is needed in your plugin setup. The previous version of the add-on is being deprecated, so you’ll need to update your plugin prior to November 26th to continue using the integration.

Bug Fixes & Improvements in Cloud V7

Comment times: The formatting for Date and Time is now consistent for all aspects of commenting. You may also notice that the bug that caused essentially duplicate time stamps has been corrected; previously, you may have seen one time stamp that said "about 24 hours ago" right next to a second time stamp that said "A day ago."